goshawk (goshak)

[With orig. long vowel o shortened before two consonants; = Icel. gāshaukr ), Pope , Dunciad, iv. 576. i. e., 'goose-hawk,' so called from being flown gospel at geese, A gay gos - hawk, A bird o' high degree. The Earl of Mar's Daughter (Child's Ballads, I. 176). The goshawk was in high esteem among falconers, and flown at cranes, geese, pheasants, and partridges. Pennant, Brit. Zool., The Goshawk. go she nite (gō'shen-it), n. [ -ite2 .] A variety of beryl found at Goshen in Ma achusetts. gosherdt (gos'herd), n. A dialectal variant of goose - herd . Simon Bluff, a gosherd , ten years old. Youth's Companion . goslarite (gos'lär-it), n. [ Goslar (see def.) + -ite2 .] Native hydrous sulphate of zine, or zine vitriol, found in the mines near Goslar in the Harz. Also called white copperas .